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MidwestManiaDuals2026,Valentine Wrestling Club Results - 1st-4th place Maddox Belville 52 - James Pierce (Gering Wrestling Club) over Maddox Belville (Midwest Finest) Dec 10-8 52 - Maddox Belville (Midwest Finest) over Jaxon Schrag (MWD) Dec 13-8 52 - William Palensky (Nebraska Boyz) over Maddox Belville (Midwest Finest) Fall 0:53 52 - Maddox Belville (Midwest Finest) over Armani Vasquez (Scottsbluff Wrestling Club) Dec 12-7 52 - Maddox Belville (Midwest Finest) over Olen Correll (Beef Lab) Dec 5-0 Charlie Stec 56 - Charlie Stec (Midwest Finest) over Junior Jara (Gering Wrestling Club) Fall 2:36 56 - Charlie Stec (Midwest Finest) over Jack Pieper (MWD) Fall 2:10 56 - Charlie Stec (Midwest Finest) over Peter Yarpe (Nebraska Boyz) Fall 0:47 56 - Charlie Stec (Midwest Finest) over Roman Mapp (Scottsbluff Wrestling Club) TF 15-0 56 - Westyn Wasserburger (Beef Lab) over Charlie Stec (Midwest Finest) Fall 0:46.

The sixth graders went 1-1 on Saturday at the Bassett tournament. They lost to Creighton and beat West Holt.

Here's a story we can talk about. XI Beta Omega sorority donated 250.00 to Teammates for the book vending machine at Valentine Elementary. Remember, Teammates is in need of volunteers! Contact Angie Jordan at VES.

LINCOLN, Neb. — Comedian and Nebraska native Larry the Cable Guy will host the 15th annual Git-R-Done Golf Classic in Lincoln, May 31 – June 1, 2026.

PK-K Girls 40-46 - Tinsly Shelbourn’s place is 4th and has scored 10.0 team points. Quarterfinal - Grace Boshart (Oneill Leprechaun Wrestling) won by fall over Tinsly Shelbourn (Valentine Wrestling Club) (Fall 2:21) Cons.

Coach Marcus Nelson said, “Both the girls and boys wrestled well for one of the tougher tournaments on our schedule. This was a good test to see where we are at, compared with some of the competition we won’t see for the rest of the year. We came away with severalmedalsonbothteams,Jekhi Williams was our lone champion.”

3rd-4th 75 - Cormac Coleman’s place is 2nd and has scored 18.5 team points. Champ.

The sixth grade boys basketball team played two challenging games in Springview on Saturday, January 3, 2026. The first game on the court was against Stuart. They worked hard and won 3423. Their second game was against Winner, and they had a close game going into halftime, but the sixth graders fought hard in the second half and won 23-12. Their next game will be in Bassett on January 10.

The Lady Wrestlers had a tough battle in Winnebago—one of the largest wrestling tournaments of the season. With no varsity medalist, each girl battled and had some tough matches. JV wrestler Mariana Azarcoya medaled 5th in her weight class. The Lady Badgers will head to Columbus on January 8.

The Badger Basketball team was looking for its 7th win of the season, and they did just that when they took control in the first half, leading 41-29 at halftime in the game against the Gordon-Rushville Mustangs.